Open-source lab how to build your own hardware and reduce research costs

Details the development of the free and open-source hardware revolution. The combination of open-source 3D printing and microcontrollers running on free software enables scientists, engineers, and lab personnel in every discipline to develop powerful research tools at unprecedented low costs. After...

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Main Author: Pearce, Joshua
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 2013, 2013©2013
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Collection: Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Details the development of the free and open-source hardware revolution. The combination of open-source 3D printing and microcontrollers running on free software enables scientists, engineers, and lab personnel in every discipline to develop powerful research tools at unprecedented low costs. After reading Open-Source Lab, you will be able to: Lower equipment costs by making your own hardware; Build open-source hardware for scientific research; Actively participate in a community in which scientific results are more easily replicated and cited. The book also includes: Numerous examples of technologies and the open-source user and developer communities that support them; Instructions on how to take advantage of digital design sharing; Explanations of Arduinos and RepRaps for scientific use; A detailed guide to open-source hardware licenses and basic principles of intellectual property
Physical Description:online resource
ISBN:9780124104860
012410486X
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0124104622
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